Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,423
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$10,607
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,445
North Dakota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in North Dakota — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$65,030
Kept after tax
$54,423
Worth in national money
$61,445
State rank
19
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $65,030, ranking 19 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in North Dakota, this sits in the middle: 181 of 460 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $65,030 you keep $54,423, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $61,445 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $67,700, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Dakota occupies the middle band for civil engineering technologists and technicians: a median of $65,030, ranking 19 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Civil engineering technologists and technicians ranks 181 of 460 occupations in North Dakota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for civil engineering technologists and technicians on $65,030 is $54,423. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $61,445 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $67,700 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,790 |
| This salary | $65,030 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in North Dakota | $54,423 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,432 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,431 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $65,019 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,292 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of civil engineering technologists and technicians in North Dakota earn under $65,030 and half over. The published range runs $49,080 at the tenth percentile to $84,790 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $54,423 take-home in North Dakota comes from $65,030. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 181 of 460.
- Two cautions on $61,445, the adjusted value of that $65,030 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of North Dakota. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 181 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for civil engineering technologists and technicians in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,080 to $84,790; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $54,423, from $65,030, assumes a single North Dakota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 181 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 50 for it.
- This $61,445 adjusted figure, worked from $65,030, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 181 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 181 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $67,700, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,080 at the bottom tenth to $84,790 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. North Dakota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $61,445 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and North Dakota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $54,423 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in North Dakota is $67,700. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,080 to $84,790) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to North Dakota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
North Dakota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $61,445 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $54,423 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and North Dakota income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.